delegate_testing.js

     //this one works
      $('#container a').filter('.top').bind('click', function(e){
        log( $(this).text() + ' clicked1');
        return false;
        });

      //this one does not work  
      $('#container a').filter('.top').live('click', function(e){
        log( $(this).text() + ' clicked1');
        return false;
      });

      //this one does not work. this would have been awesome. it is a direct replacement of bind
      $('#container a').filter('.top').delegate('click', function(e){
        log( $(this).text() + ' clicked1');
        return false;
      });

      //even this one does not work
      $('#container a').delegate('.top', 'click', function(e){
        log( $(this).text() + ' clicked1');
        return false;
      });

      //this one works but see how far it is from the original bind statement. 
      //this break chainability
      // UPDATE: this example(4th one) was mistakenly posted as exactly same as 3rd example. I am correcting it.
      $('#container').delegate('a.top', 'click', function(e){
        log( $(this).text() + ' clicked1');
        return false;
      });

//tested with jQuery 1.4.2